Sega Wins Appeal, Aliens vs. Predator Classified In Australia (1up.com)
Australia has been cracking down on violent games lately, refusing classification for titles like Left 4 Dead 2 without various cuts to the content. It looked like Aliens vs. Predator was headed for a similar fate down under, but the Australian Classification Review Board has given it a last-minute stay (via IGN ). Sega of Australia managing director Darren Macbeth announced the success of the …
Australian Dollar Gains as Weekly Loss Gives Buying Opportunity (Bloomberg)
Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) — The Australian dollar rose from a 10-week low as investors speculated the biggest weekly drop since February was an opportunity to buy the currency. New Zealand’s dollar also gained.
China vows to deepen military cooperation with Pakistan (People’s Daily)
The Chinese armed forces would like to improve friendly and cooperative relations with the Pakistani armed forces, a senior Chinese military official said here Friday. Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie made the remarks when meeting with Noman Bashir, visiting Pakistani chief of the naval staff. China attached great importance to its traditional friendship with Pakistan, Liang said, adding …
When in China, Romans play like the Chinese (People’s Daily)
Italy’s 2010 Expo pavilion resembles both the Chinese game of pick-up sticks and a small Italian city, depending on your perspective. From a bird’s-eye perspective, the structure spills a tangle of intersecting lines in mimicry of the game that has competitors remove sticks from a pile without causing its collapse. From ground level, it replicates an Italian city set on a 7,800-sq-m plot of land …
Listen to Beijing, don’t copy the China Model (Asia News Network)
THIS year will end with the former Sick Man of the East looking very much like the new doctor of the world. China began this year with the uncertainty of a global financial crisis and a year of sensitive political anniversaries ahead of it.
Chinese premier says China will honor its voluntary climate commitments ‘with real action’ (INO News)
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Taiwan improves relations with Indonesia after 8 years (AsiaOne)
JAKARTA — Taiwan is fast improving relations with Indonesia after an eight-year lag resulting from the loss of trust between Jakarta and Taipei due mainly to former President Chen Shui-bian’s ill-advised diplomatic sally.
Seeds of green generation sprout in Indonesia (Muzi)
BADUNG, Indonesia (AFP) – Today’s young students, not the world leaders at UN climate talks in Copenhagen, will be the ones battling to save the planet if predictions of catastrophic temperature rises come true.
China Blocks Taiwan at Climate Talks in Copenhagen, CNA Reports (Bloomberg)
Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) — China opposed Taiwan’s bid to be an observer at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Taiwan’s official Central News Agency reported.
Indonesia gets serious about nuclear energy (Brisbane Times)
JAKARTA: Indonesia could formally embrace nuclear power as early as next year as senior Government members push to revive a proposal to build up to four reactors just 30 kilometres from a volcano in Central Java.
Chinese VP: China, S Korea to expand co-op in new situation (People’s Daily)
China and South Korea see the importance of their bilateral ties and will expand their exchanges and cooperation under the new situation, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said Friday. “We would like to work with South Korea to push forward the relationship to benefit the two peoples,” Xi said at a breakfast meeting hosted by the South Korea-China Friendship Association. Noting the profound …
Indonesia may impose 3pc export tax on palm oil (Business Times (Malaysia))
JAKARTA: Indonesia, the world’s top crude palm oil (CPO) producer, may hike the export tax to 3 per cent in January from zero now because of higher prices, but the move is unlikely to hit exports given tight global supply.
Chinese envoy’s visit to test Taiwan’s Ma (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Ma Ying-jeou’s signature effort to boost ties with Beijing faces a key test next week when Taiwan’s pro-independence opposition plans to take to the streets to protest the visit of a senior Chinese envoy.
Chinese envoy’s visit to test Taiwan’s Ma (San Francisco Chronicle)
President Ma Ying-jeou’s signature effort to boost ties with Beijing faces a key test next week when Taiwan’s pro-independence opposition plans to take to the streets to protest the visit of a senior Chinese envoy. Buoyed by a strong showing in local… Beijing – Taiwan – Ma Ying-jeou – Republic of China – China
